5. Savitri Jindal
With a net worth of USD 14.4 billion, steel baroness Savitri Jindal is the richest woman in India for the fourth consecutive year. She is the non-executive chairperson of the O.P.Jindal Group, a steel and power conglomerate founded by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal in 1952. She became the chairperson after her husband died in a helicopter crash in 2005.